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Eldon Eugene Duckworth 57, of 101 Glendale Ave., died Monday morning
at St. John's Hospital, Tulsa.
He was born Feb. 10, 1922 at Coffeyville to Roy Ernest and Bernice Elizabeth (King) Duckworth. He grew up in Coffeyville and graduated from Coffeyville Junior College. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and was discharged in 1946. On August 22, 1945 he married Dorothy Margaret Schultz at Independence. After being discharged from the service the Duckworths made their home in Coffeyville where he worked as an accountant for several Coffeyville businesses. He began working as an accountant for Magic Circle Manufacturing Co. in 1970. He was a member of First Christian Church, American Legion Post No. 20, president of the board for the Christian Credit Union, served as an officer of the Coffeyville Chapter of the Credit Union and of the Credit Union District No. 5. Survivors include his wife; one son, Larry Duckworth, Broken Arrow, Okla., one sister, Doris Chambers, 302 S. Glendale Ave. and two grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ford Funeral Service Edgewood Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Memorials to the American Heart Association may be left with the Ford Funeral Home." Contributed by Juanita Alloway |
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